Related some way to "fit of pique"?

I'd say so. Piqué, too. And piquet, and pic, a special score of 30 in piquet. And Picard (Jean-Luc?). Wow, that's a pointy little root, isn't it? Stuck itself every which way.

I must be a rare bird, as I tend to prefer the second, more French, pronunciation.

I am regularly pleased to find something new when I re-read old messages. This word's origin never struck me before, but now... . Isn't it interesting that the Old French is now French and Spanish for "sad"? Probably unrelated etymologies, but still fun to think about. Misplaced trust can ...

Well, even editors miss things. It's one of those common errors, seeing what you expect to see. Very easy to do, sadly.

I can see non-natives and computers misunderstanding definition 2. As far as I know, one does not recruit a stamp collection. They are built, though. 3 could cause a similar problem. One just doesn't say things like, "I have to go recruit my supply of Christmas stamps for this year's mailing.&q...

Fancy that, YouTube has a clip of the relevant scene; Here 'tis.

Could we call drag shows a kind of mummery? They are over-the-top splashy dress performances, no?

So much nicer to say than down in the dumps. Too bad I don't remember to use it more often.

She'll be coming round the mountain when she is becoming nearer. Will it make her becoming? Maybe she is already? \_(ツ)_/

In case you've missed hearing this one for the last 6 years, the Hear it! link has been fixed and now goes someplace.

If I understand correctly, line comes from Latin linum, which meant flax. As flax was turned into the thread to make cloth, it also meant linen and the thread to make it. That thread is the connecting thread to today's meaning of line.

"I'm so hungry, I'm hippophagus." Any takers?

Welcome to the Agora, Lynne!

Ah, but is not this punch actually intentionally damaging? Punching the passenger's ticket so it can't be reused? As an additional thought, how did awl become almost strictly for leatherworking? It's a pointy punch, and we use both words, but they aren't interchangeable. While you may have a whole a...

With the upcoming 'cicadapocalypse', this is a timely word. I'd forgotten that the 'chrys' part is from the Greek for gold. A hint to Poe there? Not likely, but I felt like tossing that in.